This article explores the current literature on 'research impact'in the social sciences and
humanities (SSH). By providing a comprehensive review of available literature, drawing on …

Background The past two decades have seen rich conceptual development and a wide
variety of practical initiatives around research use or 'knowledge mobilisation', but so far …

The ever-increasing pressure on marine environments is leading to a growing demand for
evidence-informed decision-making, which is supported via interactive knowledge …

Research funders and managers can play a critical role in supporting the translation of
knowledge into action by facilitating the brokering of knowledge and partnerships. We use …

The theory-practice gap (TPG) is well known in the environmental realm, referring to
disconnects between knowledge generated through scientific research and the needs …

Spanning the boundaries between research and decision-making is critical for supporting
environmental management. One way to do so is through knowledge brokers who, among …

Impact is an increasingly significant part of academia internationally, both in centralised
assessment processes (for example, UK) and funder drives towards knowledge mobilisation …

In this paper we analyse how energy and carbon intensity indicators, which have huge
popularity among policy makers, are framed in the discourse of think tanks, consulting …

Behavioural Insights Teams (BITs) have gained prominence in government as policy
advisors and are increasingly linked to the way policy instruments are designed. Despite the …

We organize and critique the last 20 years of empirical research on policy utilization of
academic social science, offering eight recommendations for future research:(1) …